Stove attachment.



G. CRUMLEY.

STOVE ATTACHMENT.

APPLmATloN HLED ocT.9.1913.

Patented Aug, 31, 1915.

Gnarnnnn CRUMLEY, or cHnRoKEi-i, oKLAHor/IA.

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To aZZ 107mm it may conccrn Be it known that 1,,Gnnrnuon CRUMLEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Cherokee, in the county of Alfalfa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for gas and oil stoves.

The primary object of the invention contemplates the provision of a special'ly constructed plate attachment having a plurality of either staggered or uniformly spaced apart openings formed therein, the said openings providing a. means whereby the heat generated in the usual manner may be uniformly directed upon the bottom of the kettle, flat-iron, pan or other article to be heated, thereby avoiding the loss or heat waste now occurring where solid stove lids are employed in connection with gas and oil stoves to enable and facilitate the cooking or heating of foods or articles wherein a slow steady uniform heat 1s deslred.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a plurality of uniformly spaced support members, either formed integrally with or secured to the under side of the plate to serve not only as a support therefor, but to also serve in the capacity of guides, which when arranged over the usual open jet will direct the heat through' the plate openings for the purpose abo-ve specified.

A still further object of this invention is to construct the attachment with such regard to proportion, arrangement and number of parts that it may be cheaply vmanufactured, and may be readily and conveniently applied or employed in connection with any stove of standard type.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated 'in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, describedlin the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be hacl to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of an attachment constructed in accordance with my inspecifizafion of Laers Patent. Patent-ed Aug, 31', 1915 Application filed October 9, 1913. Serial No; 794,241- i Referring now to the drawingswherein is' illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention the numeral 1 designates the plate as an entirety, the same being preferably oval in Outline and provided at one end with a plurality of uniformly spaced openings or slots 2 arranged preferably in series of circles, the saidseries radiating froma point forming the center around which the several series ofarcuate openings are described. i

Upon the under face of the plate member 1, the latter being preferably of thin cast iron, I provide a plurality of support members, the said members radiating from the inner circle of openings 2 to a point slightly beyond the outer circle of openings,to not only reinforce the plate member at its weakest point, but to also serve inthe capacity ofguides, one being disposed between each series of openings, to direct and cause the heat generated therebeneath to be ..uniformly fed to the said openings 2 where it is uniformly and ,subsequently directed against the bottom of thearticle to beeheated, the

said article to be positioned, during the application of the invention upon the outer or upper face directly over the said openings.

When it is desired that the article to be heated should receive its heat in a slow,

steady and uniform manner, the same is I placed upon the imperforate portion of the plate member 1 formed at one side of the openings 2 therein, which Varrangement of the article thereupon, will, to a certain exw tent retain the heat and permit the food to be slowly cooked or the article to be slowly heated.

Upon the under side of the imperforate portion of the plate member 1, I provide a. plurality of uniformly spaced support members a, the same radiating from a point in spaced relation to the extremity of one of the support members abovementioned. In application, the plate member 1 is positioned over the usual open jet of the ordinary gas or oil stove now universallyjused 'through'- 1 out' the suburban distri'cts. When thus povsitioned, the heat generated therebeneath vis directed to and through the openings 2 a't the perforate end of the plate memberlV by means of the guides provided therefor, thereby'heating the article placed over the saidopenings in a steady uniform and efficient manner.

i w The article after having been heatecl to the desired degree -may be removed fromV over the openings 2 and placed at one side of and upon the imperforate por- V tion Vof the plate member 1 Where it ismain- I tained'at anleven temperature for the length of time required.. 7

` -Fro1n the above, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawmgs 1t lsapparent thatV articles of small size may be heated,

either'the imperforate or perforate portion ofithe plate member 1 serving as a support' :therefory that the device may be used as a stove lid'to facilitateV the heating of articles placed' thereupon; and that fuel, to a mateprehendon'ly the general and preferred'em- 'o'bodiment of Inyfinvention' and that VariousV l 2"5 rial'extent, is saved by the application of the present inventiong w I It VWill be understood that the above. description and accompanying drawings comminor changes in details v of construction, prop'ortionand arrangement of parts may Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for be made withinthe scope 'of Vthe devicel as claimed and Without sacrificing anyof Vthev advantages of my invention. I i

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire toV secure by Letters Patent, is a VLAv stove attachment, including' a plate member having a 'fplurality of concentric seriesof elongated' openings, saidpseries'of openings increasing in size away from the point of lradiation, and 'flanges disposed :between the openings to fdirect `heat thereinto.

2. A stovvev attachment including a plate member 'provided With elongated openings adjacent one end. thereofys'aid openingsbel mg substantally arcuate in' Contour, and

arranged radially in concentric series about a common center dinnn1sh1ng1ns1ze toward said' center po1nt,'l and radially extending depending fianges on the end face of the p said'plate member, said fianges and openings being arranged` in alternate ;relation on the plate, where'bysaidlfianges may 'direct heat to' the openings.

` In testimony Whereof I aiiix my'signature i in presence of two Witnesses. w w GERTRUDE CRUMLEY Witnesses: i i. I

H. 1B.A KLIEWER, `E. H. ERNs'r.

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